Laundry-assorting pin



March 31. 1925..

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LAUNDRY-ASSORTING rm.

Application filed March 12, 1923. Serial No. 624,387.

and useful Laundry-Asserting Pin, of which the following is a specification.

This invention has relation to a quick detachable laundry assorting pin and it consists w in the novel construction ashereinafter described. I p

The object of the invention is to provide an asserting pin which may be easily and effectively fastened to an article or articles of laundry and which will serve as an identification tag and as a hangerfor the article or articles of laundryin sorting and from which the article or articles of laundry may. be easily, quickly and Without injury disengaged'therefrom. a

In the accompanying drawing Figure 1 shows afront and side view of the pin. Figure 2 is a view of thepin open andholding an article of laundry. Figure 3 is a viewof the pin holding an article of laundry and mounted on the assorting rod 6. The bar 7 is arranged alongside the rod 6 and acts as a bank on one side 5 of the pin.

In accordance with my invention I pro vide a piece of spring wire bent to form a hook 1, one end of which is sharpened to a point. The back portion 4 of the hook exspring bend 3 and downwardly parallel with the back portion 4 to form one reach of the double side '5, and with a bend'15- l therein which engages between the bank 7 and the rod 6; and the wire is then bent at right angles toward the back 4, as at 12, and back upon itself as at 11, enclosing the said back or shank member 4 and forming the guard 2. The wire is thenbent upwardly to conform with-the reach, 5 and its end -fastened by the number plate 8. A separate piece of metal 10' is secured'to the sides 11 and 12" to hold them in spaced apart position. From the foregoing arrangement it will readily be seen thatas the pin is opened by pressing together the portions 4 and5 the hook 1 is maintained in alinement with the guard 2, and when the pin is allowed to close by the tension of the spring outwardly the sharpened end of the hook 1 will recede withiirthe' notch or recess 9 of the guard 2 and Wlll be retained therein by the action of the spring 3. The identification number p'late8 may be attached at any convenientpoint on the pin, preferably on the spring I bend 3, as shown.

In practice the pin operates as follows:

To fasten the pinto an article of laundry the. pin is placed between'the thumb and forefinger and compressed so that the hook point 1 is moved against'the action of the spring from within the guard 2. The

hook point is then forced thru the material of the laundry article and the pin released from between the thumb and forefinger, the

hook point receding into the guard.

In removing the article of laundry from the pin after the pin has been placed on the assorting rod, the operation is as follows: Referring to Figure 3, the pin is shown on the asserting rod 6 withthe article of laundry to be removed held by the pin on the sharp pointed hook 1. Thebar 7 is arranged alongside the assorting rod 6 and acts as a bank to oneside 5 of the pin. To remove the article of laundry it is only necessary to pull it to the side toward the bank 7. This moves the hook 1 against the action of the spring 3 past the guard 2,- exposing the point and thus permitting the cloth to slide from the hook and free from the pin. Having described my invention what I claim is new and'desire to secure byLetters Patent is: V p a 1. A laundry assorting pin comprising a hook with a pointed end adapted topierce a laundry article; a guard member slidably mounted adjacent to the hook, said guard member having side portions for guiding the back portion of the hook and forn'nng a recess for receiving and protecting the pointed end of the hook; ,a spring mei'nber, one end of which connects to the guard and the other end ofthe hook, said spring adapt: ed to hold the hook member within the recess of the guard;'a number plate attached to the spring member.

2. A device of the class described having a substantially hook-shaped pin member with a sharp pointed end'; a guard member enclosing the shank of thepin, said guard also having a notch for receiving and pro- In testimony that I claim the foregoing tecting the sharpened end of said 'hookas my own, I have afiixed my signature in shaped pin member, and spaced apart guide h presence of two wltnesses.

portions for guiding the back portion of AUSTIN GUDMUNDSEN. said pin; a spring formed of aportion of -Witnesses:

the pin member; and a number plate JAs. ARNo KIRKHAM,

thereon. AXEL A. MADSEN. 

